Press Team Contacts 

Mark is responsible for managing all of the public relations work carried out by Irwin Mitchell in national, regional and trade media, while also overseeing projects undertaken by the firm’s internal communications team.

Based in Sheffield, as well as providing guidance on all aspects of media-related work for its offices in the UK and abroad, he also provides advice and support to the firm on public affairs.

Tel: 0114 274 4521
Mobile: 0784 336 8237
Email: mark.duffell@irwinmitchell.com

Based in Manchester, David manages the PR work carried out by the firm’s Business Legal Services teams across all of its offices, which ranges from experts in insolvency, real estate and employment, to those that specialise in regulatory investigations, environmental law and commercial litigation.

Tel: 0161 838 3094
Mobile: 0772 050 9912
Email: david.shirt@irwinmitchell.com

Working alongside David, Karen provides PR support to the Business Legal Services Division based in Irwin Mitchell’s London office, with particular focus on the company’s growing Real Estate and Employment practices, as well as advising the Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Regulatory Investigations teams on PR matters.

Tel: 0207 400 8714
Mobile: 0791 722 5383
Email: karen.roberts@irwinmitchell.com

Responsible for PR related to the Personal Legal Services activities across all of its offices, Dave manages the media relations work carried out by a team of in-house and agency staff.

His remit covers all of the law firm’s personal injury teams, its private client experts in areas including family law and wills, as well as its public law specialists and motor department.

Phone: 0114 274 4397
Mobile: 07435 973 106
Email: dave.grimshaw@irwinmitchell.com

Working alongside Dave, Gill’s focus is also on Personal Legal Services PR work, particularly providing support to the teams based at Irwin Mitchell’s northern offices in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle, as well as Sheffield. 

Tel: 0114 274 4352
Mobile: 0758 763 5866
Email: gill.hoyle@irwinmitchell.com

Helen also provides PR support to the Personal Legal Services side of the firm, focusing primarily on the activities of the teams in based at the firm’s Birmingham, London and Bristol offices.

Tel: 0114 274 4256
Mobile: 0743 596 9951
Email: helen.macgregor@irwinmitchell.com

Working on both Personal Legal Services and Business Legal Services PR projects, Rob’s role based in Sheffield includes updating content on the Media Centre section of the Irwin Mitchell site, as well as writing articles with comment from the firm’s experts on the latest news stories relevant to their various practice areas.

He is also involved in working on the firm’s social media presence and day-to-day media enquiries.

Tel: 0114 274 4617
Mobile: 0750 148 2083
Email: rob.dixon@irwinmitchell.com

Responsible for PR related to the Personal Legal Services activities across all of its offices, Ashlea’s work involves managing the media relations work carried out by a team of in-house and agency staff.

Her remit covers all of the law firm’s personal injury teams, its private client experts in areas including family law and wills, as well as its public law specialists and motor department.

Tel: 0114 274 4363
Mobile: 0791 872 6254
Email: ashlea.mcconnell@irwinmitchell.com